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May 2014 Newsletter BHEJANE TRUST by Trevor Lane May 2014 Newsletter General Nakavango Estates and the IAPF hosted the Game Rangers Africa Associations AGM, which brought together a good cross section of game rangers/conservationists both local and from surrounding countries. There were some very good presentations, especially pertaining to anti-poaching efforts, and it was great to interact with like minded persons operating in the different countries. Bhejane Trust hosted the group for a field trip along the Chamabonda, and thanks the GRAA for their support. We would like to say a big thanks to Mr Makhuza of ZESA, Hwange. I approached him on installing a transformer for Zinwa No 5 borehole at Sinamatella – this could be a critical wildlife water point near Sinamatella Camp. Area Manager Moses Gomwe also approached him as a follow up. I thought I better follow up on my request a couple of months later, only to discover the job had been completed. Such service is much appreciated in this day and age. Dave Learmonth from Bulawayo has offered to do all the electrical connections to the pump for free, which is also much appreciated. A big thanks to Derrick Lane and High Voltage Construction for the donation of a transformer. Wilderness Safaris are sponsoring the pump and equipment. Matetsi Unit 7, which adjoins the Zambezi National Park along the Zambezi River, and previously under a Rainbow Tourism Group subsidiary, has undergone liquidation procedures and it looks as though new lease holders will be moving in. This prime area, with the Matetsi Water Lodge, has been in limbo for several years while trying to resolve operational issues. It will greatly boost tourism here to have this concession up and running again. More updates will be available next month. Continued on page 2 The first Wildebeest calf born in the Zambezi National Park for many, many years. BHEJANE TRUST by Trevor Lane Zambezi National Park The bream introduced to No3 are doing well, but we have had our first fish poacher – a Pied Kingfisher!! It did not have it easy though – a pair of Lanner Falcons kept on stooping at it, forcing it to fly up and down the pan, and it would dive into the water every time the Lanners stooped – sometimes swimming along the surface. It was pretty exhausted by the time the Lanners gave up, and I have not seen it since – must have moved on to more friendly hunting grounds!! Thanks to Barbara Ball and Stephen Kiggen who both responded to the request for a braai grill. Now a grill is in place at No 3, plus we have a couple of mobile braai setups for future picnic sites. We have (hopefully) baboon proofed the Hide at No3, in an effort to keep it clean. The baboons tended to leave rather a mess on the platform!! Seems to be working! Baboon proofing the hide at No 3 Parks started their road grading program, and the mowing should commence shortly. Otherwise, game viewing on the vlei is very quiet, except for elephant, which have moved in and are still sucking the drinking troughs dry every day! A daily occurrence at No 1. I spent time in the Chamabonda with Hilary Madiri, the Park Ecologist for the Matetsi area. It was very informative, and we discussed management and burning/mowing programs, future plans, requirements, etc One exciting idea is to collar and track a hyena – there is a large hyena population in the Park, and there are hyena tracks on every road in the morning, but I have yet to find a hyena kill on the vlei, and watching the sable and zebras populations they do not seem to be on the menu! Am intrigued to know how so many hyena survive here. Thanks, Hilary, for your inputs and assistance on the vlei. No 1 borehole is only producing about 9000l per day (less then half of what it should do) , due to the shallow depth of water that we could get our pump into (the hole is blocked by a dropped pipe). Chris Lampard and I spent a couple of days fishing for the dropped pipes and pumps, but with no luck. Have gone back to regroup and modify our fishing kit. We have completed the solar installation at Timots Pan (named in honour of Tim Braybrooke, one of the original wardens of the Zambezi National Park and an iconic wildlife figure, who died last year). We imported the pump and solar panels from Botswana (thanks Ian Gloss for all the help). We put up the frame and installed the panels and pump. A big thanks to Nakavango Estates and Ian du Preez for their help with an excavator to dig the 400 meter pipeline trench, clean the pan and put a protective trench around the pump – this saved a lot of time and effort!!! Thanks to the Victoria Falls TruckStop for donating piping. Digging the trench at Timot’s Kevin van Jaarsveld ( Jafuta Foundation) and Ian du Preez ( Nakavango Estates) on site at Timot’s Fitting the solar panels at Timot’s The first water flows into Timots – 1st June The lower Chamabonda River still has plenty water, and is still flowing from the spring, as a result of the good rains this year. However, Bhejane Trust would still like to build a weir across the river to ensure there is water available all year round – the spring can dry up in poor rainfall years. This would then ensure the Chamabonda is a self sustaining system – along the 30km stretch there will be four solar pumped pans and a weir/ permanent spring, ensuring the furthest point from water for any animal is only about 4km. The Jafuta Foundation in the adjoining Kalisosa Vlei is going on to solar also which will make the Zambezi National Park unique in that it will have no reliance on diesel engines – the first fully eco-friendly system within a Kalahari Forest ecosystem. Carbon credits?? The cost saving is also tremendous, especially in these difficult times and limited Parks budgets – maintenance is now reduced to once a month going around with a knapsack sprayer to get the dust off the panels! No 1 Chamabonda River near the entrance gate We fitted a new water meter at No 3 and now have decent readings. Over a comparative period (17days) No 3 (Lorentz Pump) produced 23,471 litres per day on average, while Thomsons (Grundfos Pump) produced 22,352 litres per day. However, I have four extra panels for the Grundfos and as an experiment want to incorporate them into the current system at Thomsons, and see what extra water volume we can attain. According to the graph we should just about double the volume pumped, which would make a huge difference. We will see! Collared Lioness Movements : Roger Parry of Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust darted a lioness last year ( with my assistance!!) and put a satellite collar on her. Roger has kindly sent the maps of her movements – very interesting as she (and her pride) cover the whole Park, occasionally straying out. The amount of movement would suggest a low lion population density, probably related to a low prey density. Springlines Matetsi Unit 7 Kazungula Road Chamabonda Kalisosa Vlei Panda Masuie Forest Area Above – the lioness movements from 22nd March until the 23rd May – note how she covers the vlei, then the springlines and then the river front Left – her movements from when collared in October 2013, - mainly confined the the Zambezi National Park occaisionally into Panda Masuie Forest and along the edge of Unit 7 Leopard at No 1 Pan at 11 o’clock in the morning – not shy ( taken with my trusty instamatic!!!) Funding Appeal Once again!! I feel we have achieved a lot over the last couple of years in recovering the Chamabonda Vlei, with four operating waterpoints, new roads, the hide and chalet at No3, mowing and burning programs, and the recovery of wildlife is great to see. We now need one last push to complete this project – this will be to upgrade the solar units with extra panels, to expand the road network and grade the current network, put in a weir on the Chamabonda River and generally tidy up the area. We are thus appealing for donations to complete this exercise – all donations welcomed!!! Bank Details T Lane Investments Note : we cannot use out FBC Bank, Bhejane Trust bank account in Kingdom Bank any more as the Victoria Falls. bank appears to have run out of Branch Code : 8512 cash! Thus I have given my bank account to use until such a time Swift : FBCPZWHAXXX as we can open a Trust account Accnt : 6145081340134 in another bank. The Jafuta Foundation By Alan Sparrow The Jafuta Foundation, founded by Kevin van Jaarsveld and Alan Sparrow, is registered in Victoria Falls Zimbabwe. It is driven by a combination of sound business interests and extensive experience in conservation. Communities are repesented through the involvement of tradtional leaders in the Hwange Communal Area. The Foundation seeks to act as a catalyst to bring together the private sector, local authorities, communities and protected area management agencies to achieve its goals. The goals are to: • Assist%in%the%co+management%of%protected%areas%(national%parks%and%state%forests.)% • Develop% a% better% understanding% of% local% cultures% and% to% display% information% on% culture% • Work% with% local% authorities,% NGOs,% conservation% agencies% and% traditional% leadership%to%seek%ways%to%reduce%human/wildlife%conflict%in%rural%communities% ! !Victoria!Falls/Zambezi!National!Park% The Jafuta Foundation has administrative offices in Victoria Falls and has already established a display of local culture and artefacts at the Elephant Walk shopping centre.
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